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So, let's go back in time. Back to the year... 2004!




Since Gran Turismo for PSP was first announced/lied about in 2004, lots of things have changed about the world. Microsoft managed to make a whole new console, Nintendo's made about 20 different variations of consoles, and hundreds of other games have been announced, reviewed, released, discounted to £17.99 on Play.com and eventually traded in at CEX for less than a fiver.




In January of 2005, the world looked on in horror as George W. Bush was officially allowed to have the keys to the nuclear cupboard for another four years. Gran Turismo 4 didn't come out on PSP, even though, in 2004, Sony appeared to have boxed copies ready for release.




2006 saw England knocked out of the World Cup to a Portugal side led by slimy model-impregnater Cristiano Ronaldo. Gran Turismo did not come out, even though Sony had the foresight to start manufacturing UMDs of it back in 2004.


[the broken image joke again]

2007 saw Gran Turismo not come out for PSP. This is a photo from the launch event.




2008 also passed without Gran Turismo coming out for PSP. The Beijing Olympics were great, though. Fabrics are getting thinner, flimsier and tighter every year, and Yelena Isinbayeva really knows how to grasp a pole.




2009 might see a Gran Turismo arrive on PSP, although this man looks extremely untrustworthy. He's also spent three entire years trying to work out how to get car bumpers to bend, so we also must question his commitment to the cause.




That's it. You might've expected a bit of a better-looking baby given the gestation period. Perhaps in 2004 this might've even been impressive. In fact, perhaps this is the game that was going to be released in 2004, was shelved, then brought back in a hurry to help try and resurrect PSP?


PREVIOUS GT MOBILE LIE WATCHES:
  • August 2006
  • April 2008
  • Anonymous Anonymous said...
    nan tells of brie snazzy whos gone to merry tavern
    Blogger GigerPunk said...
    This is more like it - just need some tags and you're back on form...

    Any news on IdiotToys?
    Anonymous Davydd Grimm said...
    Ouch. Really doesn't look very good. Not five years wait of good, anyway.
    Blogger Pete said...
    aka Gran Turismo Forever

    I stole that from another website... I'm not really that clever
    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    I'm waiting for the inevitable delay... I don't trust someone who looks like his shirt has never been ironed in it's life.
    Anonymous Pandora's Jar said...
    Har-har, it's not even full screen. Nice NES era tactic of putting the display in a black bar. Looks roughly like what running the PSone GT games on PSP does. Apart from the black bar.

    Saddest of all once it's out, no matter how well they port it, it's still a fucking GT game and I have first hand experience of these being amongst the least enjoyable games of any genre in the history of games. And/or the Universe.
    Blogger SMEGHaMMeR said...
    You're on fire man, keep em comin :P
    Anonymous Photoboy said...
    Speaking of Gran Turismo lies, the images they showed of the PSP version during their E3 presentation looked a lot better than the actual in-game shots they've released. Of course Sony would never lie about actual in-game graphics by showing pre-rendered footage, would they?
    Anonymous Gene Groom said...
    SEGA GT > Gran Turismo.
    Anonymous Photoboy said...
    SEGA > AIDS > PS3
    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    its name's turismo its much older
    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    I miss racing games but they are usually so boring
    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    I miss racist games too
    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    Perhaps it has taken so long because instead of finishing the game, they were just waiting for Sony to make the PS2 small enough to fit in a PSP case. That way, they will simply release GT4 on UMD and hope that everyone has actually forgotten what it looked like, so won't notice.

    Perhaps they're also relying on the shock factor left behind by Tourettes Trophy (well it made me swear it was that friggin bad) and GT5P, that will have scalded any memory of GT games from the gamers mind.
    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    What happened to the virtual tennis post?
    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    I like how on that game case it says "Its product quality is not at all inferior to its PS2 counterpart" Love it love it love it!
    Anonymous Anus said...
    Instead of just watching people ask where Idiot Toys is, how about telling us? OKAY THANKS.
    Anonymous adrian said...
    Woo! Not only have I just discovered Yelena Isinbayeva thanks to you, but some googling on the subject has brought to my attention the existence of chikipedia. Looks like I've got a long day's work ahead of me...
    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    Yelena has the body Alison Stokke has the looks.
    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    Let's make lots of money.
    Blogger Spicy Mini said...
    Adrian.... thank you for bringing chikipedia into my life, awesome.
    Blogger Cmdr_Zorg said...
    *quietly acknowledges clever Pet Shop Boys reference, then continues pretending not to read any of the comments*
    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    It was a pretty clever pet shop boys reference...
    Blogger Bird Mode said...
    Hmm, Now a translator for hire for extremely awkward Japanese speakers in America, Judge Ito from the OJ Simpson trial has fallen on hard times.
    Blogger Bazajt said...
    We all knew he was doing it: tinyurl.com/njp5dd
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

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